TODAY'S PICK

Spring was out in full force this weekend, and I hope you all made the most of it. Yesterday I got a couple of the girls together for no particular reason (a goodbye brunch for a friend that's moving to Florida, but I'm in denial). I gave myself a bit of a break for this particular brunch, and let WPA Bakery and Perly's do most of the heavy lifting. All I had to do was throw together a salad, and bring every bright colored item I could think of out onto the patio. And I still ended up running 30 minutes late.

And the drinks, you ask? My friend Jess played bartender and made us champagne cocktails with homemade bitter-infused sugar cubes and a grapefruit twist. I'm hooked.

Edward came home just as we were starting and joined us for a bit. He was, ahem, tired from a boys' weekend at the river, and the carbs and cocktails were a welcome surprise.